Seventeen years ago, the name “Railsware” popped up for the first time in a Google search. Since then our product-centric studio resonates not just with our colleagues and partners, but with a vibrant, global tech community. And behind every success, every innovation, is a Railswarian bringing their curiosity, creativity, and dedication to the table.
Thanks to this spirit of collaboration and curiosity, Railsware has grown into the studio it is today — recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies. And our story is still unfolding. Beyond our walls, our product managers, engineers, marketers, designers, and people team actively share their knowledge with the wider community, passing on insights, experiences, and lessons learned along the way.
For a closer look behind the scenes, explore their recent podcasts and articles. They reveal a way of leading with passion, perseverance, and a deep belief in the power of collaboration and innovation.
The Digital Project Manager: How Calendly Is Using AI to Deliver Without PMs
Here, our Product Director Juliia and co-CEO Sergiy discuss:
- Why removing traditional delivery roles doesn’t mean removing leadership;
- How AI can be a force multiplier;
- What Railsware’s “guilds and squads” model teaches about scalable collaboration;
- How mature teams and public communication norms make AI more useful;
- The limits of current AI tools and why human judgment still matters.
Code Story: Conversational Analytics & Data Focused Products
In this podcast episode our Product Lead Veronika Tamaio Flores shares:
- How conversational analytics is changing the way teams work with data;
- What it really takes to make AI-powered insights useful in real-life products.
- How tools like AI Insights by Coupler.io help teams move faster and make better decisions.
Code Story: How an MBA Helps (or doesn’t) in Product Management
Here, our Product Director Julia Ryzhkova explains:
- What surprised her the most in MBA program;
- Were theory clashes with real-world product work;
- How business education can (and can’t) help when you’re leading teams, making decisions, and navigating uncertainty.
Code Story: Mistakes & Lessons in Product Evolution
Here, our Product Lead Oleksii Ianchuk discusses:
- How Mailtrap grew from an internal tool into a large-scale platform;
- Why Mailtrap expanded into email sending and the challenges along the way;
- When to hire external consultants instead of relying only on internal teams;
- What lessons taught the team about architecture, research, hiring external expertise, and building reliable systems.
Code Story: Mistakes & Lessons in Product Evolution
Here, our Product Lead Oleksii Ianchuk discusses:
- How Mailtrap grew from an internal tool into a large-scale platform;
- Why Mailtrap expanded into email sending and the challenges along the way;
- When to hire external consultants instead of relying only on internal teams;
- What lessons taught the team about architecture, research, hiring external expertise, and building reliable systems.
UX Magazine: The Real Impact of AI on Designers’ Day-To-Day and Interfaces
In this article our Lead Product Designer Oleh Osadchyi exlplores
- How AI is reshaping designers’ workflows, offering speed and support across research, implementation, and testing;
- When AI is useful and when it lacks depth and context;
- What core design principles remain unchanged;
- How product designers can integrate AI without losing their craft.
Watch me AI: Marketing research costed $500K. Now it’s free.
In this podcast, Yuliia Tkachenko shares:
- How to use Claude to run competitor research that replaces a $5K-$500K vendor report
- Why you should always prompt AI to label what it’s uncertain about
- What GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) actually looks like in practice
- How Peec.ai lets you track your brand’s presence in AI-generated answers
- Why content repurposing – not content creation – is the most underrated AI workflow in marketing